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I fell asleep on the couch and missed the last 1/2 hour (thanks, stomach flu!), so I will have to rewatch. But I admired the way Kandi and Brandi set themselves to the task of weight loss, starting slowly with chair exercises and "graduating" to "Crossfit" (in quotes because from what I've seen, this is not Crossfit). They showed reasonable portion control when they ate their salads and even when they indulged in fast food. So I wonder how the twins would have fared doing a plan like Weight Watchers. It's not as dramatic as surgery, and the long-term outcomes probably are not as good. But I think the lowered risk factors, especially for someone like Kandi with her cardiac issues, would make it a viable alternative. The positive reinforcement from the group would be enough to make them feel like queens, as opposed to being berated for "only" losing 4 pounds in 10 days.

I saw the trailer for the new XXX movie today. At one point, someone asks the Vin Diesel character, "Who are you", and I yelled out what seemed to be the only logical response, "I am Groot". Needless to say, I won't be going to see XXX. Oh well.

Viola Davis is a shoo-in for an Academy Award! I was actually going to see Lion, but it sold out, so saw Fences instead. What a compelling movie! Not one performance was less than stellar.

Jeanne Cooper had a facelift which was filmed and the footage used for her character on The Young and the Restless, Katherine Chancellor

It'd be dead easy to recast Dylan (pun intended) because the Yule Log will be out of work till next year.

For me, the most discordant element was Darren Criss with his Justin Trudeau-wannabe hair. The Hair kept me from enjoying his emceeing. I loved the live production. glitches and all. I did keep channel-flipping to the movie version during the breaks, which was simulcast on one of the Canadian networks. What struck me was the difference between the two Ednas. Each had their strong points - Harvey was stronger in terms of acting, but Travolta nailed the physicality of Edna as a large woman who is light on her feet.

I didn't see any of the twists coming! Completely blindsided, both by William and Toby. And when I figured out that Suicidal Boat Guy managed to slip back into the party, I thought we'd dodged the big bullet of death.

Martha's much more badass than I could ever hope to be! I loved the way she had no problem with Rick Ross and his handsiness, and the way she was coaching Snoop in how to pick up a lobster.

Me too! Snoop and Martha have mad chem, not only in the kitchen. I love their interactions, and would watch the show daily. I keep on thinking of guests - Anfisa and Jorge from "90-Day Fiance", and of course, Action Bronson.

Maybe Snoop and Martha should have Jorge and Anfisa as guests at their next Potluck Dinner Party. Anfisa's flat affect would make Martha look warm and fuzzy, and Jorge's products would make everything kinda blurry.....

This was more like an episode of old-school Dragon's Den and it's no wonder that Kevin and Robert, the two Canadians, were enthused over the Potato Parcel. All that was missing was maybe a retired hockey player or two and a Boston Pizza logo! I actually enjoyed seeing a few zonk-trepreneurs and not just polished presentations, or worse, over-rehearsed kids. As for Grace and Lace, I wish them unlimited success but the trade-off is simple: One update every two seasons!

I thought she was misquoting the Megan Trainor song, "Me Too"

I ran for the comfort of the original after trying to sit through the remake last night and finding that I was more interested in reruns of Martha Bakes. Part of the horror I experienced (pun intended) was the woeful miscasting of Laverne Cox as Frank N. Furter and Adam Lambert as NOT Frank N. Furter. The overly glossy Laverne just threw me out of the production every time she was on screen.

Plenty o'retreads in the CW-ized version of Supergirl. Starting with the new DEO HQ: Remember when Angel Investigations was moved into the skyscraper by Wolfram and Hart? Remember the sunlight flooding through the necro-tempered glass? Yeah, me too. Moreover, Super-Hacker Secret Agent Winn Schott is a clone of Kevin Fisher on The Young and the Restless, who morphed from Internet predator to working for the Chief of Police because of the likeability of the actor. Seriously, you could swap the actors and it wouldn't be as jarring as most soap recasts. Besides these minor observations, I am dee-freaking-lighted with Season 2, except for the part when James wasn't packing his boxes as a prelude to being Poochied back to his home planet. Can't we lose him and keep Cat Grant? Please?????

I've never seen or heard of this before. OTOH, I have seen a teaspoon of sugar used when caramelizing onions.

Except for the fact that her fan base probably isn't located in major urban centres, which would make delivery of perishable foods more of a challenge. Unless she has the cojones to ship the ingredients for Pawhuska Cheese Steaks (buns, deli roast beef, cheeze in a jar) or her Seven-Can Soup (seven cans of sodium-laden sludge).

Good news - I was -3 lbs at my Weight Watchers weigh-in. This makes a total of 33 pounds since December, and I am now 1.2 BMI points away from being merely overweight as opposed to obese! I have a Garmin Vivofit, and over the past 7 days I covered 33.3 miles and almost 84,000 steps. No wonder I'm burning through running shoes like crazy! (I have an Imelda-like addiction to running shoes, especially Saucony) What are everyone's step totals for the past 7 days? It'd be cool to see how far we're walking collectively!

(((Hugs))) Cherrio.

Can we sing "Don't be a Twit, just be Fit" to the tune of "Don't be a drag, just be a queen" from "Born This Way?" I could channel Gaga, if need be. So, how do we do this challenge? If I started a private FB page, that would work, or we could just use this thread. Confession: I would have taken your beets, TotoGirl. If you've ever roasted them with a drizzle of balsamic vinegar, you may be pleasantly surprised.

Hi TotoGirl! I'll be happy to be your accountability buddy. Last night, I craved edemame instead of popcorn. it's amazing what happens when we listen to our bodies instead of the ads on TV! For me, this is overcoming years of training as well as my emeritus membership in the Clean Plate Club.

I'm on WW for the elebenty-millionth time and this time it's... different. The program changed the formula for how points are calculated so we are pointed (pun intended!) in the direction of eating cleaner, with processed foods penalized in favour of real foods. I've lost 30 lbs in 8 months, which is awesome for a 60-year-old chronically overweight and now Type II diabetic woman. I also walk an average of 12-15,000 steps daily. The best part is that I was able to eliminate my evening shot of insulin (from 24 units to ZERO!) and will hopefully be tapering down on my morning shot as well. Ocean Chick, you can do this! If you have a Garmin, let me know and we can challenge each other.

And I'm a member of both groups, by amazing coinkydink! I honestly don't know if she'd do anything more than spin her wheels on WW, giving the impression that she was working to lose weight while secretly sabotaging any efforts by snarfing down whole boxes of crackers that would be low in points in the actual serving size. (Voice of experience: An entire box of crackers is probably not a single serving!) What confuzzles me is the fact that she thinks she's the next Scarlett O'Hara, irresistible to all men. If your so-called boyfriend sounds like he's reading an unpleasant yet remunerative telemarketing script, it's time to ponder what kind of men are attracted to you, and make the necessary changes in your life. That may mean stepping away from the cupcakes, but in the long term, for many, many reasons, it's worth it.

Now I'm looking forward to Todd & Ladd's cooking segment! It's probably what we all deserve for suffering through Dorm Room Cooking, which aired on Food Network Canada this weekend. So many things wrong, so little time! Why didn't Ree think to add that many of the recipes could be made in an RV or a motel on vacation for families wishing to not eat in restaurants every night? Nahh, that would take vision, and she used up her last synapses concocting that awful "sirrup" for the fruit salad. Seriously, who adds anything to a container of - wait for it - prepared fruit salad which is ready to eat? And if Ree was recreating a more typical student experience, she would have used little condiment packages instead of assuming that people will have a stocked pantry in a dorm room. I would have laughed and laughed to see her scrape the contents out of small cups of peanut butter, the kind you get at restaurants, to make PB ramen noodles! Add 2-3 packets of soy sauce scrounged from sushi containers and you're good to go. But that "Caesar salad", or whatever the fresh hell that was supposed to be. The same folks that sell cut-up romaine also sell Caesar salad kits, with packets of dressing, grated Parm, bacon bits and real croutons, not crumbled Melba toast. Buy one of those, get a large bowl at the dollar store that can also serve as a popcorn bowl, and you're good to go. A helpful tip to put forth would have been to not buy the puffy bags of salad because the flatter, the fresher. I would assume that most university students are not super-experienced cooks, so this may have been useful. Instead, we got to see that you can make nifty things in plastic bags (but not the camping classic ice cream!) SMH so hard I got whiplash.

Never thought of that - I'm a liberal Jewish Canadian woman and am probably not Ree's target audience. Oh well.

NOt to mention her travesty that she called "falafel". I've probably eaten my weight in falafel over the years, and I've made my own. The proper way to make falafel is to use uncooked soaked chickpeas, and Ree could have cooked some of the chickpeas and made hummus (which she also mispronounced, but that's not a surprise). Ree's falafel balls were too round, too smooth and not brown enough. I'm sure with the chipotle tahini they tasted just like cow patties. So I'm not sure why Ladd and the kids wouldn't give them a try. And I've never seen spring mix and shredded carrots on a falafel sandwich. Why not shredded iceberg for crunch and pickled turnips to cut the richness? Oh, why am I even asking? This is a woman who thinks falafel hails from NYC and not the Middle East. The lights are on, but ain't nobody home......